Glass Tips from Verrier

  Setting out an enlargement grid can be done without the mathematics of ratios.  It uses an old method of estimated interval size and angle...

Not everyone has easy access to enlarging copiers.  Even when they are available, large enlargement ratios produce distortions.  This presen...

Credit: Missy Mac Glass on Folksy When making a drop vase in opalescent glass, the design needs to be on the outside.  This will require e...

There is a little concern about whether the textured side of the glass pieces in leaded and copper foiled glass should be towards the in...

Chiaroscuro – This word borrowed from Italian ("light and shade" or "dark") refers to the modelling of volume by boldly ...

To think about design, you need a vocabulary to describe the object. This needs to be combined with a structure of principles. What fol...

In designs for leaded and copper foiled glass it is important to avoid lines radiating from a single point. Some of these ...

In leaded glass designs it is important to avoid  lines   radiating from a single point. Good design will avoid multiple radiating piece...

Principles of design practice for stained glass, 5 Having created the design, you should consider re-working the designs for a variety ...

Principles of design practice for stained glass, 3 Stained glass is a graphic medium where line and colour are very important. Achievi...

Principles of design practice for stained glass, 2 The graphic form of much stained glass means that the medium is about line and colou...